...On Poetry and Fiction – Just “One Word” Away (Insanity)

 

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            One word becomes one idea, becomes one sentence, becomes one poem, becomes one story. It must start from just “one word”. Today my one word is “Insanity”.

     

      

INSANITY

Majestic doors of ebony and gold

     exude enormous wealth

To walk past, without a second look

     is for sure a hint of stealth

 

Yet like a magnet, your head does turn

     toward the ebony and gold

In reverie you do declare

     their beauty grand and bold

 

They open wide to welcome you

     In awe you step inside

They slam shut as your heart jolts

     Your soft voice full of chide

 

Loud music, chaos, dancing fools

     You turn to run away

The door is locked, you can’t escape

     You fear you’re there to stay

“Insanity” beyond the doors

     Will surely have its way!

 

Echoes of this pseudo-bliss

     excite your ears and mind

You smile at all the characters

     Yet, the macabre is unkind

You may be fooled, past the ebony and gold

     Yet your heart beats unaligned

 

A foreign world has captured you   

     - Harlequins abound!

With the great escape in your mind’s eye

     You chase that deafening sound

Towards those doors, of ebony and gold

     Your body twirls around

You move with the speed of a Cheetah

     For your goal is homeward-bound

 

So faster you go through the open doors

     Each careful step, a gain

The rage in you pushes forth

     to the world of the pure and sane!

 

NOTE FROM THE AUTHOR:

   "Insanity" is a journey we have all taken, into a world we had no plans on visiting. Once we are there, we must learn to call upon our logic and reason to get us back home - to the world of the sane...Upon our return home, it is then we may realize just how vulnerable the human mind is.